Balancing Local Control and Individual Rights
“Local control” is something politicians promote or ignore at their convenience.
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The Principle of Subsidiarity
Devolving political power is the first step toward making government smaller and less powerful in our lives.
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More Dangers Are Coming to the Rule of Law
Judge Nap writes: “The rule of law is the absolute condition for personal liberty in a free society. Without it, we will have the rule of tyrants.”
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Leave it to the States!
In a powerful new book, legal scholar Adam Freedman explores where we came from and how we got here today. And unlike others, he offers solutions that would make a Tenther proud.
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If the Feds Rule the States, Who Rules the Feds?
Do you really want five politically-connected lawyers defining and protecting your rights?
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Uncooperative Federalism: State Resistance and Noncompliance is Essential
The importance of states cannot be understated in preserving federalism
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Centralization, Community and Liberty
centralization of power is not one threat to liberty among many, it is the primary threat to liberty.
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States Don’t Have to Comply: The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine
Anti-commandeering doctrine is a virtually undisputed legal doctrine. This article gives an overview of the four major Supreme Court cases from 1842-2012.
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Freedom and Federalism
A proper application of federalism could save the values of the First Amendment and the freedom of Jana Winter.
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Watertight Integrity and the American Federation
If our American federation was a ship, the analogy would hold that there should be 50 individual spaces, each isolated from the other with watertight integrity.
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Obama Blusters, Brewer Begs. When will Someone Grow a Spine?
Isn’t it time that Governors and state Attorneys General stopped wasting our precious time and money playing these silly legal games, grow a spine, and actually fulfill the oath they took to support and defend the Constitution, including the Tenth Amendment?
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The Halifax Resolves and the American Tradition
First, there was the Halifax Resolves. Then there was the Declaration of Independence.
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